(A)Train up a child in the way he should go,
[a]And when he is old he will not depart from it.

The (B)rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is servant to the lender.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:6 Even

(A)Teach children how they should live, and they will remember it all their life.

Poor people are slaves of the rich. Borrow money and you are the lender's slave.

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Point your kids in the right direction—
    when they’re old they won’t be lost.

The poor are always ruled over by the rich,
    so don’t borrow and put yourself under their power.

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Train children in the right way,
    and when old, they will not stray.(A)
The rich rule over the poor,
    and the borrower is the slave of the lender.(B)

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